Blending a deep understanding of character and storytelling examination… the result reminds me of Iris Murdoch… Johnson’s affinity for the natural world is extraordinary Jeff VanderMeer, GuardianĮverything Under is otherworldly and captivating… a book that is as beautifully human as it is delightfully strange. Daily MailĪ fantastically dark reinvention of the myth of Oedipus… a complicated but deeply satisfying novel. first novel confirms not only her talent, but her ambition… Johnson’s dense, begrimed retelling hums with an electricity pylon-charge of danger, and her sentences repeatedly flare with startling, visceral coinages.
ObserverĮncompassing myth, fairy tale and haunting language, Johnson's earthy and timeless depictions of gender and sexuality turn an old tale into something entirely current. Johnson excels at making psychic phenomena feel visceral. Good Housekeepingĭaisy Johnson is a new goddamn swaggering monster of fiction Lauren GroffĪ deeply involving, unsettling novel that pulls the reader into a uniquely eerie yet recognisable world. Carmen Maria MachadoĮverything Under is an unusual and eerily atmospheric read from new talent Daisy Johnson. Surprising, gorgeously written, and profoundly unsettling, this genderfluid retelling of Oedipus Rex will sink into your bones and stay there. To read Daisy Johnson is to have that rare feeling of meeting an author you’ll read for the rest of your life. Alice O'Keeffe, Bookseller *Editor's Choice*Įverything Under grabbed me from the first page and wouldn’t let me go. first collection Fen drew comparisons to Angela Carter and Graham Swift and there is an otherworldly, folkloric tinge to her inventive first novel although it is set in modern-day, rural England.
An ancient myth masterfully remade for our uncertain times. It is precise in its terror, and its tenderness.
Reaching new depths hinted at in Fen, language and landscape turn strange, full of creeping horror and beauty. Irenosen OkojieĮverything Under seeped through to my bones. A concoction of folklore, identity and belonging which sinks its fangs into the heart of you.
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